All Oncology News

Basal cell carcinoma of the prostate is a rare variant of prostate cancer so uncommon that few physicians will ever treat the disease in their careers. Only 100 or so patients have been identified in the literature compared with more than 1 million diagnoses every year for adenocarcinoma.

Michael L. Wang, MD, discusses the efficacy of the noncovalent BTK inhibitor pirtobrutinib, as well as safety data from the phase 1/2 BRUIN trial in mantle cell lymphoma.

Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences announced its funding of 5 cancer research grants of up to $100,000 each. These 5 grants follow an initial wave of funding from the partnership, in which 18 pilot grants of up to $25,000 each were funded in May 2022.

Mitul Gandhi, MD, discusses the rationale of combining brentuximab vedotin, nivolumab, dacarbazine, and doxorubicin for patients with early-stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma, the key findings from part C of the SGN35-027 trial, and the next steps for investigating this combination.

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, describes research combining angiogenesis and PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition stemming from the phase 3 IMpower150 trial in patients with metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC.

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to pimicotinib for the treatment of patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor who are not amenable for surgery.

Mridula George, MD, discusses the methods used to evaluate cardiotoxicity associated with adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine plus concurrent radiation therapy, and explains implications on the use of trastuzumab emtansine plus radiation in patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer.

Nanvuranlat, a first-in-class LAT1 inhibitor, induced a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with placebo in patients with advanced, pretreated refractory biliary tract cancer.

In a new study, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute identify, for the first time, inherited genetic variations that place patients at high risk for these complications.

Ana Baramidze, MD, provides background on the FDA approvals of cemiplimab in NSCLC, expands on key efficacy and safety data with cemiplimab from EMPOWER-Lung 3, and discusses the current treatment landscape for patients with advanced NSCLC.

Jose Pablo Leone, MD, discusses the distinguishing features of male breast cancer, explains the benefits and limitations of current treatments, and emphasizes the importance of raising awareness about this breast cancer subset to propel further research.

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab was found to have high clinical activity and an acceptable safety profile in patients with localized microsatellite instability–high/deficient mismatch repair solid tumors.

Shaji Kumar, MD, discusses the MAIA trial; key takeaways regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone, in transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma; and the implications of this research on clinical practice.

The combination of magrolimab, rituximab, gemcitabine, and oxaliplatin produced deep, durable responses in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA has approved elacestrant (Orserdu) for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least 1 line of endocrine therapy.

The FDA has approved pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma following at least 2 lines of systemic therapy, including a BTK inhibitor.

Brian Schulte, MD, discusses the relevance of these mutations and an actively enrolling phase 2 PRECISION-1 basket trial investigating the efficacy of nab-sirolimus in solid tumors.

The evolving treatment landscape across breast cancer has escalated the need for the accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsies following treatment with neoadjuvant chemotherapy to correctly inform subsequent treatment decisions for patients.

Henry Ford Health is the first healthcare provider in Michigan to offer Galleri®, GRAIL’s Multi-Cancer Early Detection blood test.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel demonstrated a significant improvement in progression-free survival in patients with relapsed/lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma who received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy.

Despite American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines calling for introduction of palliative care early in the course of disease, these services remain underused.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of luspatercept for the treatment of patients with anemia associated with non–transfusion dependent beta thalassemia.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as an adjuvant treatment following resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with stage IB (T2a ≥4 cm), II, or IIIA non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to tamibarotene for the treatment of higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Zolbetuximab demonstrated a survival benefit and a tolerable safety profile when combined with mFOLFOX6 vs mFOLFOX6 plus placebo in patients with CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, according to primary results from the phase 3 SPOTLIGHT trial.

UW Carbone’s expertise in head and neck cancer treatment and research are held in high esteem nationally, as evidenced by the National Cancer Institute awarding UW a Specialized Program of Research Excellence grant in 2016.

Magenta Therapeutics has voluntarily paused enrollment for a phase 1/2 trial evaluating the antibody-drug conjugate MGTA-117 in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome following the death of a patient.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki has received approval in the European Union as a single agent for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer who have received prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease or developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing adjuvant chemotherapy.

The CAR T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel induced complete responses in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia.

The risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma appears to increase with subsequent generations for Americans of Mexican descent, according to findings from a study of US-born Hispanics/Latinos living in Los Angeles, California.